The excellent momentum first-placed Old Boys gained in the Twenty20 competition has been transferred to the two-dayers, with the side producing a statement batting display against North Tamworth at Riverside 1.
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After top-scoring with 74, as Old Boys were dismissed for 334 on Saturday, No.3 Corey Sommers said there was a strong desire amongst the players to recapture the premiership they lost to South Tamworth last year.
And Sommers – the scorer of 183 runs in three innings, at an average of 61, this season – aimed a broadside at rival teams: “We’ve got a very good batting attack, and our bowlers are very good on their day as well.
“We dig deep with the bat. Although some of the other teams don’t think we can play red-ball cricket, we’ve proved them wrong today, haven’t we?”
Fresh from defending their T20 title after Friday night’s final against Bective East was abandoned following a sickening collision between Bulls fielders James Haling and Gerhard Labuschagne, which left the former hospitalised with a badly broken leg, Old Boys dominated fourth-placed Norths from the outset.
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Sent into bat, Old Boys openers Simon Norvill (45) and Abel Carney (70) put on 72 for the opening wicket. Norvill backed up after making 85 not out off 39 balls on Friday night.
Aaron Hazlewood (32), Jack Richards (31) and Adam Lole (29) also contributed with the bat for Old Boys.
Michael Rixon (3-99 off 25 overs) was Norths’ most effective bowler.
